Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson

Posted for Paul Mathews

He's following Cross, wired his home, spying on him, and was once arrested by Cross.  He wants Alex Cross fired.  432 pages.

Alex Cross Run by James Patterson

The latest in the Alex Cross series finds the detective pursuing not one, but two serial killers, while himself being the target of a third.

Alex is so busy trying to find the two murderers before they strike again that he hasn’t noticed someone stalking him.  He begins to have confrontations with a man who claims to be a reporter but has no credentials from an established organization. Then he discovers that this man has a blog on which he claims to be a watchdog keeping tabs on corruption in the D.C. police force. He seems to be focused on Alex Cross, and writes accusatory blogs about him regularly. He continues to show up at crime scenes, taunting Alex until he gets a reaction, then publishing photos of the resulting scene.

As usual, Patterson has devised an imaginative and suspenseful plot. It is fast-paced and kept me on the edge of my seat. The blogger story line is very relevant to what is going on with today’s media, and may be even scarier than serial killers.

432 pages